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hangments

hangments is the plural of hangment.

Meaning of hangment

Noun

hangment (plural hangments)

  1. (UK, obsolete, regional) The devil; the dickens; mischief.
    • But 'twas his grandsire was talked o', not him; and 'twould play the hangment wi' me doun here, if 'twas thought there was stories like that passin' in the George and Dragon.1871, Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet

Questions about hangments

What is hangments the plural of?
Hangments is the plural of hangment.

Words near hangments in the dictionary

  1. hangman's nooses
  2. hangman's wages
  3. hangmanship
  4. hangmen
  5. hangment
  6. hangments
  7. Hangnaameedhoo
  8. hangnail
  9. hangnailed
  10. hangnails
  11. hangnest

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